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Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William and Lochaber ), Grampian, Tayside (except the Kinross area), and parts of north Fife .
Grampian Television’s legacy continues to live on 60 years after its launch.The name may have gone under the STV umbrella, but it remains a much-loved and mu...
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This is a timeline of the history of the British broadcaster Grampian Television. It provides the ITV network service for the north of Scotland. Events after the renaming of Grampian Television as STV North in 2006 and the replacement of North Tonight with STV News at Six in 2009 are covered on the timeline of Scottish Television.
Grampian Television was the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. It opened on 30 September 1961 from transmitters at Durris and Mounteagle. The station lost its on-screen identity on 30 May 2006 . http://www.grampianstudios.co.uk/grampian_programmes.html.
STV is a free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the STV Group. It is made up of the Central Scotland and Northern Scotland ITV public broadcaster licences, formerly known as Scottish Television (now legally STV Central Ltd) and Grampian Television (now legally STV North Ltd) respectively.
Sep 30, 2021 · Grampian Television’s legacy continues to live on 60 years after its launch. The name may have gone under the STV umbrella, but it remains a much-loved and much-missed institution. On September...
Grampian Television made notable contributions to the ITV network, including educational programming like ‘Living and Growing’, children’s shows such as ‘James the Cat’, and the first three National Television Awards.
